Other things to try

This page was last updated on 09 February, 2014.

If there are no detailed instructions for your make and model of PNA, one of these approaches may work.

• Some PNAs are starting to appear with a 'settings' tool that allows you to add XCSoar and/or LK8000 to an application launcher menu. If yours has one, use it!
• Download the MioPocket package. It is a front end for Windows CE-based devices, mainly GPS navigation devices. It is an installable package of programs, scripts, registry files and skins to "unlock" PNA/GPS devices. I discovered how to install LK8000 on Binatone B350 PNAs running Windows Mobile 6 merely by reading the installation notes for MioPocket. That told me how to set up the shell.ini file and so I didn't need to install MioPocket on my PNA. The GpsPasSion forum provides support for MioPocket.
• You can always try the directions for another type of PNA. You can't harm your satnav: the worst that can happen is that the name isn't one its looking for and XCSoar and/or LK8000 will be ignored.
• An internet search with the name and model of your PNA is worthwhile. There are user forums for many of them and lots of their owners are interested in running all manner of unusual programs on their machine. One of them may have posted the information you need.
• If you're stuck and there's a firmware or map upgrade or an inexpensive add-on map available on an SD card, it may be worth getting it. Several PNAs use extra maps direct from the SD card rather than installing them. These all appear to work by launching a program on the card, so its worth finding out what name the program(s) and directory containing them have on the SD card. Its a safe bet that renaming the XCSoar executable to match will cause it to boot. There's often a clue in the names of files on the card. For examples where this approach has worked, look at the directions used to install LK8000 or XCSoar on a Navigon 8110 or a Viamichelin X-970.

Finally...

If any of these approaches work for you please let me know what worked so I can add your experience to this page for the benefit of other glider pilots.